EDUCATION

As wildfire incidents have continued to increase over the past few years, the work of NASA's fire watching satellites has increased as well.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured a massive cloud of multimillion-degree gas that scientist believe was likely caused by a collision between a dwarf galaxy and a much larger spiral galaxy.

The United States is the second most-expensive country for international students, behind Australia, according to a new HSBC report.

DrinkSavvy is producing color-changing drinkware that will alert you if your drink has been spiked with a date-rape drug.

Personal trainer Andrew Dixon took his own set of weight loss transformation photos to show just how easily these images can be manipulated to offer the promise of extreme weight loss results.

A North Carolina Senate committee has approved amendments to make it easier to purchase a gun without a background check.

Though it is believed dogs see only monochromatic shades, scientists have shown they are able to see a limited range of colors.

A Twitter employee has created an interactive graphic that shows the connections between verified users on the social media network. The colorful visualization maps the interactions between Twitter's five largest categories of verified users.

This weekend may offer a break from the extreme heat affecting millions across the nation.

Trayvon Martin murder trial witness Rachel Jeantel has been offered a full scholarship to the HBCU of her choice from radio personality Tom Joyner.

A pilot program to track students via RFID-enabled badges is being scrapped in San Antonio after they had no effect on attendance.

Janet Napolitano will be the university system's first female president in its 145-year history, replacing Mark G. Yudof.

A team of Canadian engineers won the Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition, breaking a few records in the process.

Scientists have been testing an alternate to the atomic clocks we are used to. Optical lattice clocks are said to be three times as accurate as atomic clocks.

A Long Island school district's summer reading list is riddled with more than 30 spelling mistakes in author names and book titles.

Researchers have created talking cigarette packs that play audio recordings explaining the health risks of smoking each time they are opened.

After over 10 years gathering information on stars and galaxies, NASA has decommissioned its "galaxy hunter" spacecraft, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer.

A federal judge in Michigan blocked a law attempting to prevent domestic-partner benefits from being offered to public employees.

A kayaker and his father-in-law were attacked by a great white shark off of Pacifica State Beach.

Three Chinese astronauts demonstrated a series of scientific experiments from space to students back down on Earth.

As the blind activist weighs his options after he leaves NYU this summer, he discusses China's "underestimated" reach into American academia.

Tajreed Edward Rich, 41, an employee at Robbinsdale Cooper High School in New Hope, Minn., faces sexual assault charges after he was caught having sex with a 17-year-old student.

Noah Kilpatrick, 15, has left Faith Fellowship Christian School in Watertown, N.Y., claiming that two teachers teased him over his Canadian heritage.

Over the years, an increasing number of French students have decided to leave France and come to the U.S. to study.

Though the Gaokao is known by students to be the most grueling test they will ever take, there are some that look forward to it-- businesses.

Roy Costner IV, the valedictorian for Liberty High School in South Carolina, tore up his preapproved speech and recited the Lord's Prayer in defiance of a recent school board decision.

Andrew Beal, a Texas banker and self-taught mathematician, is offering $1 million for whoever can solve the Beal Conjecture.

China's central government has been rolling out new measures to ensure the nation's young learn the values of the Communist Party.

In China, some parents have their children learning business basics as early as three years old.